Minutes Transit Bd 1 13 05
MINUTES
DUBUQUE TRANSIT TRUSTEE BOARD
DATE:
TIME:
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MEMBERS ABSENT:
OTHERS PRESENT:
Thursday, January 13,2005
4:15P.M.
Carnegie Stout Public Library Board Room, 11 th & Bluff
Streets, Dubuque, Iowa
Bemis, Sand, Lightcap, Stedman
Enderson
Munson-Booth/KeyLine, Davidson/citizen
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APPROVAL OF MINUTES
OF SEPTEMBER 9 AND
30 TRANSIT BOARD
MEETINGS
ADA MINIBUS SERVICE
RECOMMENDATIONS
Bemis called the meeting to order at 4:15 p.m. Bemis called
for a motion to approve the minutes of the September 9 and
September 30 Transit Board Meetings, as circulated.
Stedman so moved. Sand seconded. Motion carried.
Munson presented the board with copies of a letter from the
City Manager to the City Council regarding the Transit
Board's Recommendation to Raise Minibus Fares. He also
gave the Board copies of the final Report on Improving
Fringe Area Public Transportation Services for Persons
with Disabilities in the Dubuque, Iowa Area.
Munson discussed the issues concerning the Council, which
included, increasing fares for those on fixed incomes and
getting a handle on who is eligible to ride minibus and who
is not eligible. Councilwoman Michalski made a motion to
refer this matter back to the Transit Board, with the
suggestion to seek input from the same committee that
administered the federal grant a year earlier to improve
transportation for persons with disabilities through ECIA.
Discussion followed. Bemis asked if Munson was
reviewing the minibus ridership as suggested by the Board.
Munson stated that he is in the process of working on the
800 names in the minibus database to update and separate
the disabled from age only riders. Munson stated that the
fixed route buses must be made more acceptable to minibus
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riders to get them to switch over. Said it was cost
prohibitive to do this and suggested that maybe fixed
service should be reduced and minibus service increased.
Munson said that perhaps an input committee could help
solve these problems. Bemis asked how many and who
should be on this committee. Munson listed several
agencies that should have representatives on the committee.
Said he though there should be two meetings, one to
brainstorm and share information and a second meeting to
make recommendations to the Transit Board on how to
raise the extra revenue needed.
Sand made a motion to form an ad hoc committee as
suggested by Munson, and ask for recommendations to the
Board by mid-February. Lightcap seconded. Motion
carried.
ADJOURNMENT
Hearing no further comments from the Board or the public,
Bemis called for a motion to adjourn. Stedman so moved.
Sand seconded. Motion carried. Meeting adjourned at
5:30 p.m.
Respectfully submitted,
Connie Booth
Secretary
These minutes passed, approved and adopted on this
2005.
day of
Michael W. Sand, Secretary
Dubuque Transit Trustee Board